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   Choose a character from one of your stories. Make a brief sketch of
   that character, write his or her name down.
   Explore the character in the following timed writing exercises of five
   you relax and try to focus on seeing the character.
    1. Write something the character wants. It can be world peace, the
       the end of this five minutes, you may find that your character
    2. Describe and envision your character's LAST fight or argument with
       another character -- it can be a mother, an enemy, a friend, a
    3. In the same way, describe the character's death. Imagine how you
       see the character living his or her last moments. You are not
       defining the character's entire story arc here; you are merely
       playing with the POSSIBLE ways your character might die. Use "WHAT
       deaths for the same character. All this writing reveals more about
       the personality and drive of your character.
    5. Briefly make a list of objects in the character's pocket,
       that object. Is your character giving it to someone? Receiving it?